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It's the time of the year - sec 2s are filling out option forms for subjects next year. I happen to post about this because my sister had been bugging my whole family about it. Seems a very complicated matter. She's in her school's in-house GEP (their SBC classes), and so there are 2 classes. The classes don't like each other and so she doesn't know if she should choose subjects with her friends or stick with people she can't get along with. Everyone in the house has been bombarded with the question "so what do I choose?" countless times. Historically and genetically, my family does not have a good record in subjects like lit etc, but rather, the math and sciences. That's traced all the way to my grandparents and relatives. I think jean's the first to break this record.

Finished getting back all the papers on moday. I'm not really happy with english and chemistry. They are at an all-time low. The others are alright, though I had the urge to box myself after looking through some of my mistakes.

Today was the start of headstart. The teachers are really serious about this. They planned out their whole teaching structure for the entire 3 weeks. I'm quite impressed. And they seem to be trying to use a different approach to teaching their subjects. I think I'll be looking forward to the lessons.

After I got home today, I was quite sleepy. I cooked then ate lunch. By then, I really wanted to close my eyes and just sleep but I still had violin practice to do. So I decided to hang on for a while more and completed practice. Then I tried to complete the chinese homework. Write a 200 word short-essay about the topic, wo zui xing fu (I am the most fortunate person). I don't know what to write because I disagree with the topic. There's something with the word "zui" (most). I don't think I'm the most fortunate here in this world. Sure, I know I'm /more/ fortunate than some others but how would one measure fortunateness/fortune. The example they gave was some tragic experience where some girl lost her arms, her mother, but she was still grateful for everything. Fortune can also mean money. However, I don't have a most tragic experience nor billionaire status, so how can I be the /most/ fortunate. In the end, I started to doze off while trying to think of what to write. Eventually, I went to sleep and woke up after 2 hours for dinner.

That's all for now.